Firefighters respond to a fire Tuesday at Walker Hall on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus. All inside were safely evacuated.

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A two-alarm fire Tuesday morning at the University of Louisiana at Monroe's Walker Hall displaced faculty, employees and students and wreaked havoc with the university's computer system.

Though no injuries were reported and structural damage appeared minimal, ULM officials are unsure how long the three-story George T. Walker Hall, an anchor on the campus since 1968, will be out of commission.

"We'll have to do some fancy footwork to house some of the critical functions that are performed in the building," ULM Executive Vice President Stephen Richters said while on the scene. ...